FOOT, Eric Douglas
| Service Numbers: | 1665, 4064 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1914, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 9 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Townsville Grammer School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Hughenden, Queensland, 4 January 1944, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Herberton Uniting Church, Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1665, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 18 Sep 1914: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1665, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 15 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4064, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Cairns, Queensland | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4064, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4064, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4064, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
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"The sad death occurred at Hughenden recently of Mr. Eric Foot, a son of the late Mr. A. K. Foot, of Cardington Station, at the age of 54. The late Mr. Foot served with the 4th Pioneers in the last war. He went to the Hughenden district in 1919, and bought the cattle property Tenterfield Park, and later purchased Boonderoo, at which place he had since resided. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter-in-law, grand daughter Janice, two brothers and five sisters. Two other brothers were killed at the landing of Gallipoli. His son, Squadron Leader Hal Foot, of the R.A.A.F. is at present serving in the Middle East, having been in the R.A.A.F. for the past four years, three years of this time being in service outside of Australia." - from the Townsville Daily Bulletin 15 Jan 1944 (nla.gov.au)